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MARTHA WASHINGTON CAKE
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MARTHA WASHINGTON CAKE

11 ingredients 10 steps internet_archive
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

790
Calories
36g
Protein
19g
Fat
116g
Carbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 6 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Yogurt 170g plain Greek 100
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
Water not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • one pound butter
  • one pound sugar
  • one pound flour
  • two cups sour cream
  • one teaspoonful powdered cinnamon
  • one teaspoonful soda dissolved in hot water
  • one cup imaker's the last
  • six eggs
  • one grated nut- meg
  • one table- spoonful rose-water
  • cinnamon

Directions

1

One pound butter, one pound sugar, one pound flour, six eggs, two cups sour cream or milk, one grated nut- meg, one teaspoonful powdered cinnamon, one table- spoonful rose-water, one teaspoonful soda dissolved in

2

hot water, and stirred into the milk just before adding

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4

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,and fill cake.

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LESSONS IN CAKEMAKING. 4b

10

the latter to the cake. Cream the butter and sugar, put with them the yolks whipped light, then the cream and spice, next the flour, then the rose-water and a double- handful of citron cut in slips and dredged; finally, the beaten whites of the eggs. Stir all well, and bake in a loaf or in a “card,” using a square shallow baking pan. This is a good cake and keeps well.

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